Thomas1195
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If the French realized that Britain would stay out from 1910 (to remain neutral, I believe Britain must made it clear of its and Belgium's position as early as 1910 or even earlier, maybe due to Bannerman being PM longer), they and maybe the Russian might reconsider their strategy, as they would be underdogs now.Possibly, but then again things got pretty dicey for the Allies at certain points in 1914. It's possible that, without British involvement, the Germans would be able to defeat the French army and force a peace on them. (Yes, I know the BEF was small, but when you're fighting to defend your capital from enemy occupation every little helps.)
Plus, whilst with hindsight we know WW1 turned into a trench-filled slogging match, nobody expected this before the war. Indeed, all the recent major European conflicts had been decided very quickly, often in one or two battles. Given what was known at the time, neither Britain nor any other country had much reason to expect that the war would be as exhausting and destructive as it turned out.